Two major online Japanese stores appear to have sold through their initial pre-order stock of the PlayStation Vita almost immediately going on sale, indicating the machine could be heading for shortages when it launches in Japan in December.
Online stores Amazon Japan and Yodobashi are both now reporting that the machine is out of stock - and it was only available to pre-order for a very short period of time before it was removed again.
The Vita is a well-designed system, albeit one that Sony left for dead as soon as it hit its first bump in the road. If it weren't for a couple negative quirks, it might have even been one of the best handhelds ever made. Unfortunately, those quirks have turned into awful problems as of late, and have only served to tarnish the legacy of what has otherwise been an excellent cult system.
I like the Vita a lot. I actually blame Sony in putting less faith in it than it should
I love my Vita. Fantastic system. The screen totally destroy the 3DS. Too bad that Sony drop the support as soon as the sale slow down.
I wonder what would had happened if they had used SD card instead of that expensive card.
I'll always find it hilarious how even when Sony seemingly abandoned their second handheld, Vita still outsold Wii U which was heavily supported by Nintendo.
Never underestimate the power that third party support can do for a platform.
Which cleary shows why it's good to have a nice balance between the two. Sony knows this but some of their fans seem to only want to talk about exclusives.
I thought it is all about exclusive here on n4g? So third party is only important as long as we don't talk about Xbox? Oh the amount of spin.
Sony had 3rd party support, and still has it to this day on the Vita. IN fact, it's about all they have. They even had some pretty good 1st party support in the first few years.
But no one would give them credit for that support, and "vita has no games" was the constant mantra being spewed on every vita article until Sony finally dropped all its meaningful support for the system.
Games are what sells a system. Doesn't matter if they're multi-plat or exclusive. Sony had a lot of both, they just failed to get more of the really big exclusives like they got with the PSP. PSP didn't really take off until they started getting things like Metal Gear or GT. When they looked like they were finally going that path, they pretty much gave up on it, and it's kind of sad, because it's a great system.
got the vita although it was dead on arrival. mobile gaming on dedicated machines is deadder than dead. oh wait, the switch is doing stellar, even rivaling the ps4, the xbox and the new xoxbox. ok, let's forget for one second about the absolute market dominator: when was the last time you saw someone playing his or her dedicated machine outside? I can't really remember. what I'm seeing everyday though is that everybody and their little daughter got smartphones when they are on their way to go somewhere.
Vita was and still amazing. Playing uncharted and gravity rush on it was simply epic. Such a shame Sony gave up on it
Was...perhaps. still? Those games came out years ago. The vita is a terrible handheld that Sony pushed out with Insanely overpriced memory cards and a handful of games. It was amazing for maybe a year then reality set in.
Sony only cares about the home console. Vita, PSP, Move, and now the PSVR all rely on 3rd party support after Sony pushes them out the door.
Team Molecule hack PS Vita with Jailbreak that unlocks Sony handheld permanently. The HENkaku hack arrives 5 years after the launch on PlayStation Vita.
I'd take a new handheld with better remote play features. I.e true R2 and L2 triggers and R3 and L3 buttons in the thumbsticks.
It died when Sony stopped supporting the thing years ago. Modder and indie platform.
Will eventually grab one of the originals, with the oled screen, jailbreak it, and do with it what I will.
its third life begins and it continues to flourish the best way it can...this handheld will go down in infamy as one of the best gaming system on the go...a true legacy that should've been supported by its maker til its last days.
But nothing has begun. This has already been going on for an upwards of 10 months
Begins? Shyt has long ended cuz ain't no body buying a vita after 5 years over a switch. Plus a new vita should be 2 to 3 years down the road.
It's a waste of time put on your big-boy pants and buy the games with the crazy flash sales that Sony doess all the time and The Amazing weekly deals. I have such a crazy backlog of video games do to the Sony sales that I'm set
*looks at both big pants and little boy pants.*
*chooses little boy pants, trys it on but only gets to knee....* :( 🙁
Don't you always have those on tho? Anyway, bet a lot of people have been waiting for this. Wonder if it will still be considered "dead" with the surge of sales because of the possibility of free games?
Lol
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Seriously though, I'll just continue to support the guys that bring their games to Vita.
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Damn this marks the 3rd time i have bought a ps vita and I never played it. I love modding and mods so I have to indulge. I did own the best games but handheld is just not for me but maybe if the transferring was easy.......but who knows such things only the oracle??????????????
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Mmmh so Vita can have a strong debut in Japan ?
Wait and see.
good to hear, it's going to be one solid handheld, can't wait to get mine
If Monster Hunter comes out for this there will be even more sales. I don't understand why Capcom isn't putting a Monster Hunter out on Vita yet, it was such a big seller on psp.
I seriously doubt anyone didnt see this comning, unless you are in denial by mistaking the past with the present.
Vita is bound for success and yes I seriously believe it will outsell the psp, its only a matter of time.
This platform simply has so much going for it already and its not even out yet.
It literally killed Japanese Amazon store etc., and by the time they got back online it was all sold out :(